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3/2/2015 6:00AM

Jerry Seib: Foreign Policy Dominates Talk on Capitol Hill

This week, international crises are coming to the forefront as the Israeli prime minister comes to address Congress about Iran, and as debate heats up about confronting ISIS. WSJ’s Jerry Seib explains. Photo: AP

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... and a lot of talk about foreign policy said six in Washington this week two in particular ... the Iranian nuclear program in the fight against Islamic State or ISIS to both really important but I think they're differ in one respect one one there's a lot of partisan disagreement when the other there's probably less partisan disagreement than the rhetoric might suggest let's look what this two in turn ... when the Iranian nuclear program this is gonna be a hot topic early in the week because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is going to come ... to speak to a joint session of Congress then talk to the American Israel public Affairs Committee ... I the group could strongly supports Israel ... and he's got to deliver the message that he's not fond of the nuclear agreement with Iran this emerging from negotiations the botanist ration is encased in ... and on that score it has a lot of agreement among Republicans in Congress who ... look of the agreement that's emerging I think that they are going to try to oppose it may use legislative action to try to stop it from going into effect conceivably ... so there is oil partisan debate on that subject ... what Islamic state it may sound like there's also a partisan divide ... if you listen to twenty sixteen Republican presidential candidates are potential presidential candidates ... who criticize the administration for not being tough enough in the interest in the fall of the fighting is Islamic State ... I think that's a little bit overstated the most of the things that are actually happening right now ... the use of American air Paragon's Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria ... aam and the that the requests to sit him down on Islamic State recruitment efforts ... and intelligence top of the recruitment effort reducing terrorism ... a lot of disagreement ... is also not a great pushing Congress to put boots on the ground in either Iraq or Syria ... to fight Islamic State not a popular item with the public generally they're so on that subject I think there's less partisan ... disagreement than the